i m paula hancocks in seoul. just a matter of days ago here in south korea, we were talking about living with covid. we were talking about the government pulling back restrictions and border patrols. that has all screeched to a halt thanks to this new variant. we hear from the government that they are suspending plans to further ease restrictions. we heard from president moon jae-in calling the situation severe. in fact, even though there hasn t been a positive case of omicron in south korea at this point, the situation is still fairly dire. we are seeing a record number of critical cases and also of deaths and icu beds are few and far between, especially in the greater seoul area. and elsewhere in asia, we re seeing more restrictions coming into place. japan seems to be the strongest at this point. the prime minister today saying that he s suspending new arrivals of foreign nationals from tuesday quote in order to
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this is coming as somewhat of a shock. it is something that they are not really used to. as you say, they will be seeing troops on the street. there s been some 500 troops that have been helping police to enforce these restrictions in the greater seoul area. an additional 200 will be deployed on monday to make sure people are sticking to the rules. and they re also increasing the fines for noncompliance, which will be about $3,600 if you are found to be abusing the system and to be doing something you shouldn t be. michael. all right. paula hancocks in seoul, south korea. appreciate that. thanks so much. thank you for watching cnn newsroom. if you re an international viewer, african voices: change makers coming your way next. if you re here in the u.s. and canada, i ll be right back with more news.
south korea is being battling a new wave of the pandemic and will be extending its toughest social distancing measures in the greater seoul area for another two weeks. cyril vanier with more on how south korea and how other nations in asia are coping with soaring infections. reporter: lockdown in indonesia, emergency restrictions in place until july 25th, more than 54,000 new cases reported wednesday. the island nation now surpassing india with the most daily infections as the government struggles to vaccinate its population. not surprisingly, the delta variant will be the dominant strain over the next few months says the world health organization. the highly contagious strain is already in 124 territories. like in bangkok, this was the scene there tuesday. hundreds of people lining up to get the vaccine at a bus station. no social distancing possible here. thailand is facing its worst covid outbreak so far.